The monochrome papers do not have patterns but they have added richness in the design making them unlike solid cardstock.

Introducing

These are the papers I used from the collection:

(Stonewashed, Summershirt, Jeans & Tie, Paisley)

My DIY card is a sweet play on the denim theme - a pocket card with a frilly twist because jeans look great with lace. Perfect for a gift card or tag. Plus some DIY tips to show you how I made my easy pocket card.

The pocket was made using this die from Spellbinders: (little side note: I adore this die set and tend to grab this for many of my cards because of the classically clean lines and versatile shapes)

Step 3. After cutting the die to size, I backed the die cut with a piece of a piece of white cardstock for extra support and trimmed the white cardstock, leaving a small white edge around the die shape.

The cardstock also helped accentuate the beautiful details of the delicate die and make them pop a bit more on the pocket. I made sure the white cardstock was a bit longer at the top as well so I could add some embellishments as shown below in Step 4.

Step 4. After backing with white cardstock in Step 3, I decorated the pocket by adding more doodled stitching, some lace trim and coordinating patterned paper from the new Denim & Friends 12x12 collection.

c. Glue some thin ribbon to the white side of one die (to use as a pull tab)

d. Glue the dies together

e. Trim the cardstock to fit ( I left a thin white edge).

Note: I did add a piece of thin ribbon between the two dies before gluing the two died together. By adding the ribbon before gluing, it helps make the tag look clean and polished.

Step 6.I wanted to pop the pocket off the page a bit with some foam tape so make the tag or a gift card tuck easily into the pocket.

In order to make sure my tag fit into the pocket, I flipped the pocket over and used the tag/die as a template to determine where I needed to place the foam so that the tag doesn't fall deep into the pocket.

Here is a photo of the finished piece.

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5 comments:

Thank you for the detailed tutorial Jen! I saved your card on my phone a few days ago because I like the colors, design and simplicity of it. I love those Spellbinders dies and use them frequently also. I just made a card for a swap last week using them and The Tales of You and Me papers. Have a wonderful week!

This is just the perfect card for a young teen-age boy or -girl. It looks awesome and just shows exactly what they love. Thanks sooo much for the instructions too, it makes it sooo easy to make our own.

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